reporter: tonight, the drama in beijing. decide whether kamila valiyeva can take the ice in the women s singles competition by monday, just 24 hours before the event begins. our alex presha pressing olympics officials about the timeline for a decision. given the time crunch here, are you confident that there will be a resolution to this by the 15th? there will be a resolution of this specific case, which is where the suspension will be lifted or not, yeah, i m certain of that. reporter: on christmas day, the 15-year-old phenom tested for a banned heart medication which may help increase endurance, but it wasn t reported until after she helped the russians win the gold in the team event over the u.s. the athletes from russia could lose their medals, giving team usa the gold. russian athletes with a long history of cheating allegations, already banned from competing under their country s flag because of a state-funded doping program during the 2014 sochi games. american figure sk
alpine events. in her debut, the defending giant slalom olympic champ missed a gate seconds into her run. she didn t get to finish the race, laura and christine. she said she won t ever forget this, but she also says that this is the type of thing that drives her to keep working. next opportunity to medal for mikaela will be the slalom in a couple days. it is an event she won gold in the 2014 sochi games. the legend of the 15-year-old sensation is continuing to grow. the russian olympic committee has become the first woman ever to land a quad jump in olympic competition. she won the free skate by more than 30 points, propelling the r.o.c. to gold in the figure skating team event. team usa takes silver. valieva already set world records, olympic records, too. finally, a clash of the titans on ice. the defending olympic champ, team usa taking on team canada in women s ice hockey in their final preliminary game.